Gates v. City of Dallas

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that city “acted in its proprietary role” when it entered into a health-insurance contract with employee
• holding city acted in proprietary role in entering into insurance contract for employee health benefits
• noting that “proprietary functions have subjected municipal corporations to the same duties and liabilities as those incurred by private persons and corporations”
• discerning legislative intent to make provision for attorneys fees after delayed payment of valid claim against \corporation\ based on written contract applicable to municipal corporations
• defining proprietary functions as those “performed by a city, in its 6 discretion, primarily for the benefit of those within the corporate limits of the municipality”
• “[P]roprietary functions have subjected municipal corporations to the same duties and liabilities as those incurred by private persons and corporations.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).